Aiptasia Control in a Mantis tank!

[Coldwater]

There is about 30 trillion little aiptasia growing in my mantis' tank. Is there any way to get rid of them without nuking the tank because that would be bad... I was lazy and let a few pop up them BAM they started growing like crazy. Joes Juice? Thanks.

Matt

[Ruth]

I use Joe's juice and try to stay on top of them because like you say they can take over. I would watch it though because it can cause your calcium/alk levels to get out of whack if you use too much. If you have that many I would be tempted to take the rock out and put it in a bucket and wait for the little suckers to appear and then nuke them.

[sumpfinfishe]

You could try a chocolate chip starfish, that is if mantis shrimp don't eat them

Or trap the mantis and nuke all the rock with kalkwasser

[Psyire]

Some species of Mantis will leave peppermint shrimp alone, so you could try one of those if you feel adventurous..